VolcanoJen
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Fri Nov-26-04 02:48 PM
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Suit Seeks Provisional Ballots Re-Examined (AP - Cuyahoga County, Ohio) |
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Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 02:48 PM by VolcanoJen
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20041126/ap_on_re_us/provisional_ballots_ohioExcerpt: CLEVELAND - A watchdog group sued Friday to try to stop Cuyahoga County's elections board from rejecting thousands of provisional ballots until they are hand checked against voter registration cards.
People for the American Way Foundation said the board wrongly relied only on computerized registration records, which are compiled from the cards and could contain errors such as misspellings.
Provisional ballots are cast when voters say they are properly registered but precinct workers can't find their names on their registration lists.
Two-thirds of the 24,472 provisional ballots cast in Cuyahoga County were later found to be valid, but the other 8,099 were thrown out, mostly because the people who cast them were not found on the county's computerized records.
The national civil rights group filed the suit in the 8th District Court of Appeals against Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Blackwell's office did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The county board said declined to comment until it has reviewed the suit.
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Fri Nov-26-04 02:50 PM
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VolcanoJen
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Fri Nov-26-04 02:54 PM
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2. That's a thread in the 2004 Election Results Forum. |
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Upon search, I wasn't able to find an LBN thread on this topic.
Inter-forum duplicates are allowed, FYI.
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Fri Nov-26-04 03:12 PM
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Fri Nov-26-04 03:33 PM
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It's good to get this story out to as many as possible... keep the pressure on!
GO People for the American Way!!!
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Fri Nov-26-04 04:10 PM
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6. But then there's this rule: |
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Do not post duplicate topics that have already been posted., which seems pretty clear.
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Fri Nov-26-04 03:19 PM
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4. Go People for the American Way! |
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